FREE Bachelor of Social Science Psychology Questions and Answers

Question 1

In an experiment run by psychologist Stanley Milgram, subjects were given instructions to provide ____ to "learners" in a different room.

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Electric shocks

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Hearing tests

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Sleeping pills

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Psychotherapy

Question 2

Psychology research looks beyond ____ to comprehend unconscious motivations.

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outward behaviors

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health

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words and writing

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dreams

Question 3

An example from the ____ field of psychology is the law of proximity, which states that humans frequently use how close items are to one another to see a larger image.

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Gestalt

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None of these answers are correct.

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behaviorist

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psychodynamic

Question 4

The objective of "enhancing" a population's genetic make-up is referred to as .

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Eugenics

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Genomap

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Genetics

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Euthanasia

Question 5

Which researcher showed that the number of new items we can store in our short-term memory at one time is limited?

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George Miller

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Howard Gardner

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Sir Francis Galton

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Alfred Binet

Question 6

Of the following, which contributes to memory distortion?

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All of the answer choices are correct.

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Source amnesia

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Choice-supportive bias

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Schemas

Question 7

Decide how Freud's stages of psychosexual development should be defined.

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An explanation of personality which rests on the idea that humans go through phases, beginning in infancy through adulthood, in which we are fixated on certain body parts.

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Stages 1-7 of sexual development which include recognition of one's gender, questioning one's sexual orientation, and acceptance of the role of reproduction in society.

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A science-based explanation of the ways in which genetics, especially genes encoded with information concerning sexual orientation, influence personality.

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The theory that human personalities are developed in the womb, concurrently, as fetuses develop primary sex characteristics.

Question 8

What kind of therapy promotes patients coming up with their own solutions to issues?

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Client-centered

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Modified stimulus

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Behavior adaption

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Psychoanalysis

Question 9

Which of the following statements most accurately sums up humanistic psychology?

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Client-centered therapy that helps individuals reach their full potential.

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Psychological studies which occur throughout the entire life span of individual humans.

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Long-term talk therapy which explores interactions between the id, ego, and superego.

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Exploration of conditioned responses in humans and animals.

Question 10

Which of the following therapies is appropriate?

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All of the answers are correct

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Family

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Relationship

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Group